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HAY PRESS. y1\I0..258,192.

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J. G. BOYLAND.

HAY PRESS.

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i 4JEPTHA e. BYLAND, or cnAWroRnsvrLLE, rumana, Assiettes or ONE' HALF TO PAUL HUGHES, OF SAME PLACE.,

HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent N o. 258,192, dated 'May 16, 18812.

Application tiled April 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom i may concern Be it known that I, JEPTHA G. BOYLAND, of Orawfordsville, in the county of Montgomery, and in the State of Indiana, have invent-` ed certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference 1o marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved press for baling hay and other similar products;

and the nature of my invention consists in the combination of a windlass, which is arranged beneath the bottom of the press-box and which has its end bearings in the strong frame thereof, a master spur-wheel keyed on one end of this windlass,which engages with a pinion on zo a winding-shaft provided with a cranlehandle, a novel arrangement of ropes or chains which are passed about grooved pulleys, and pulleys attached to swivel-links and to the verticallymovable follower of the press; and also a rope or chain which is centrally connected to the follower and which passes over a pulley hung from the rafter of the building and is carried off for use in elevating rapidly thefollower after each pressing operation, all of which I will 3o hereinafter make plain from the following description, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section ofthe press and the rafter of the building in which the press is arranged, showing the pulleyand the lifting-rope applied to the latter for quickly raising the follower.V Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the 'press-box and its appurtenances. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. 4t is an elevation of the iront of the press-box. Fig. 5 is a bottom view thereof.

In order that the invention which I have made should be fully understood, I will state a5 that the press-box must have a firm foundation and that it must be fixed thereto. I therefore prefer a ground-iloor of a barn or other suitable building in which hay is stacked, or which is adapted to-receive hayin large quan- 5o tities. In this building I erect a rectangular frame, A, of strong timbers crossed and rmly bolted together. The broad sill-timbers of this frame are lettered B B, and they elevate the press-box C a sufficient distance above-the ooring of the building to afford space for a horizontal transverse shaft or windlass, D, which has its bearings in said broad sill-timbers. These timbers B B are tied together by subsills B B', which are the base-supports for the press-frame. The floor of the press-box C 6o is of strong material, firmly secured upon the timbers B B, and strengthened by a horizontal beam, E, which is bolted to the transverse sills of the uprights of the main frame.

The press-boxCis provided with closed ends F F, a slatted back, G, and a removable door, H, opposite said slatted back. This door is strongly battened and held in place at its y lower end by curved lingers a a and staples b b. At its upper end it is held by a turn-but- 7o ton, c. Other equivalent fastenings may be employed for holding the press-box door tirnil y in place while pressing a bale. Above the press-box is the receiving-box C', which is closely housed in on its four vertical sides: 7 5

The two intermediate vertical uprights, I I, at the ends of the main frame afford guides for the prolongations of the beam d of the follower J, which beam protrudes beyond the ends ofthe main frame, and has rigidlyse- 8o cured to it hooks e e,on which hooks the links ff, bearing grooved pulleys g g, have their bearings. The linksff are readily detacha ble from the hooks e c, when it is desired to remove the follower from the receiving-box C. The bottom of the follower J and the top of the press -boX floor are provided with transverse slats, between which narrow spaces are left for the passage of the binding material, whatever may be used, after the press- 9o ing operation, and to facilitate the passage of the binding material through the said narrow spaces a needle or other equivalent device may be employed. At the center of the follower J a staple, f', is secured, to which is se- 95 cured a rope, G', that passes over a grooved pulley applied to an elevated beam, or to a rafter, K, and is thence carried down to be conveniently handled bya person on the presslicor. The object of therope G is to enable an roo Theupper pulleys,g g, will swivel more or less pulleys, windlasses, and levers.

attendant to quickly pull up the follower after each pressing operation, so that there shall be no unnecessary delay in preparing the press` box and receiving-box for a charge after each pressing of a charge.

Ihe windlass D has secured to it, near its extremities, but inside of the timbers BB, two ropes or chains, h h, which pass outwardly in opposite directions, and beneath grooved pulleysz' i, at the extremities of the beam E. The ropes or chains 71, 71J thence extend upward and are passed over the pulleys g g at the ends of the follower-beam, and are carried down and secured to eyes formed on bolts 7c 7c, rigidly fixed to the transverse sills and tothe beam E.;

It will be observed that the ropes or chains h 71. pass obliquely from the ends of the windlass D to the pulleys t z', and that these two pulleys have free end-play Von their respective rods.

running off the said endwise-movable pulleys.

by reason ot' their being suspended from th-e hooks at the ends of the follower-beam.

On one end of the windlassD a master spurwheel, L, is keyed, which, inconsequence of the construction of my press-frame, can be made of considerable diameter. With this masterwheel engages a pinion, N, which 'is keyed on ahorizontal shaft', O, one end of which has a-bearing in the vertical intermediate upright of the press-box frame, and the other end has its bearing in an auxiliary frame secured to the main frame. The outer end ott-heshaft ofpinion N has a crank, P, applied to it for effecting the pressing operation bymanu-al labor; but, if desired, steam or othermotive force may be substituted.

'I am aware that there are a gretvmany-cotton and hay presses of the'vertical kind wherein the followers are moved by means ot'cords and Such meansI do not broadly claim as my invention.

The subbase sills of my press are rigidly securedto a solid foundation, and above this free access is allowed beneath the pressbox to the windlass-journals, tothe .windlass itself, and to the endwise-movable pulleys i li. There is also a free space above the pressframe for manipulation in the receiving-box above the pressfbox, for the reason that Iutil- I unite the broad sill-timbers, on which the floor of the press-box has its supports, to the main uprights, and tie vthese two timbers to- This arrangement ywill allow the said ropes or chains to be wound evenly on the` -windlass, and will prevent liability' Vof .their gether by the transverse subsills. The structure is thus solid and substantial.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- 1. The vertical baling-press frame, consisting of the housed-in receiving-box C', slotted lvertically at its ends to receive the ends of the lfollower-beam, the press-box C, closedrat both ends, slatted at one side, and provided with a removable door on the oppositeside, the floor of the press-box provided with transverse slats, the broad sill-timbers B B, the intermediate floor-beam, E, and the subsills serving as supports and also ties for the timbers B B, the latter being firmly united to extensions of the corner uprights of the main frame, all substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The-combination of the timbers B B, the corner uprights ofthe main frame `of the superstructure secured rigidly to these timbers, the windlass D, havingits end kbearings therein, the subsills secured by tie-joints thereto,

thc press-box floor securedthereon, the beam Y E, the endwisemovable pulleys at the extremities of this beam, the ropes or chains h h, the loosely-hanging pulleys g g, the supportinghooks at the ends of the follower-beam, andthe eyeboltsto which the said chains are attached, all arranged for joint operation, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, in an upright-press, of

.a follower, a rope or chain,'G, carried .from

the follower over a pulley applied to the rafter ofthe building in which the press is mounted, the ropes or chains secured to the sills ofthe mainframe ot' the press, loosely-pendent pul- `leys applied vto the follower-bean1,endwise movable pulleys arranged at the ends of the floorbeam of the press-box, a windlass arranged'between these pulleys beneaththe door of the,pressbox,and the spur-wheels for actuating tlle windlass while depressing the t'ollower, substantially as described.

4. -In a vertical-pressofthe kind described,

vthe 'horizontal transverse windlass arranged on one sideof the press-box center, beneath the press-box, the'ropes or chains h h, secured to this windlass near its ends, the endwisemovablepulleys arranged on opposite sides ofthepress-floor beam under which said ropes pass,the loosely-hangingvpulleys geg, attached lto the ends'of the follower over which the said ropes pass, and the eyebolts xed ccn- -trally to the press-frame to which these ropes IOCll IOS IIS 

